November 19, 2017

Welcome to the Ellen Hutson 11th Anniversary Hop! We are so thrilled to have you joining us!

It was so hard to choose just one favorite Essentials By Ellen Stamp Set to feature today. When I really sat down to think about it I realized that the All Inside Stamp Set was more than likely my favorite because of it's versatility with the addition of Bear Ware and Bear Ware 2. I love then companies bring out "add-on" types of stamp sets that extend the life of the original set!

I've created a trio of seasonal bear-themed cards to share with you today.

Greetings from the Holiday Words Die Collection were die cut from the bottom edge of the winter and love-themed cards. Additional words were die cut from smooth white cardstock. The backgrounds were adhered to top fold card bases with the greetings stacked one on top of another ending with the stenciled greeting on top.

Greetings from the Bear Ware 2 and Warm Fuzzies stamp sets were stamped on black cardstock with Versmark Ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder before being trimmed into thin strips and adhered over the die cut greetings (winter and love card) and directly along the bottom edge of the card (autumn card).

The die cut stamped and colored images were adhered to the inked scenes as shown.

To watch the creation of these seasonal bear cards from start to finish, click HERE or watch below:

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October 24, 2017

Hello! Thank you so much for joining me here today. Today I"m sharing a card I did awhile back and haven't shared here yet. I stamped a custom background with the Waffle Flower Hello Fall Stamp Set and added a gold gilded greeting and border with a small collage of stamped and die cut fall images to round out the card design. This is a simple look that would work for any theme or holiday simply by changing up the images and greetings!

On the stamped background panel, I adhered a strip of 1/4" Scor Tape along the angled edge, applying Radiant Gold Gilding Flakes and rubbing off the excess gilding flakes with my finger and then dusting off the rest with a blender brush.

I adhered the patterned panel to the background below the greeting and added the collage of elements to the right of the sentiment before adhering the panel to a white top card base.

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To watch the creation of this hello fall background card from start to finish, click HERE or watch below:

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October 06, 2017

Hello! Today I'm sharing some tips for coloring with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers to get texture for the bushel basket and apples in the Bushel And A Peck Stamp Set.

I stamped the images from the Bushel And A Peck Stamp Set with Versafine Black Ink and colored in the images with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers. The images were die cut with the coordinating Bushel And A Peck Dies. Part of the greeting from the Bushel And A Peck Stamp Set was stamped along the top band of the bushel basket with Versamark Ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder. I love that the greeting fits the basket perfectly!

The basket was adhered slightly off-center on the inked panel using foam adhesive. The apples were tucked "inside" the basket and another apple and leaves were adhered around the sides of the bushel basket, trimming anything hanging off the edges of the card.

To watch the creation of this bushel and a peck love you card from start to finish, click HERE or watch below:

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September 25, 2017

The Lawn Fawn Design Team has joined forces with Scrapbook Adhesives to share some fun new projects this week. My most favorite adhesive from Scrapbook Adhesives is the thin foam squares in white and in black. Today I'm sharing one of my favorite techniques, creating a scene from (mostly) all die cuts! With the exception of the leaves and a stamped greeting, this entire scene was completely created from die cut cardstock!

The background layers were adhered to a white side fold card base and the frames were adhered with some of the Scrapbook Adhesives thin foam squares in white and black to give the frame layer a bit of dimension.

The design was finished with Glossy Accents applied to the hearts, roofs, and die cut greeting.

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Watch this fall die cut thanks scene card from start to finish below or click HERE to watch in HD:

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September 23, 2017

Hello stamping friends! Thank you so much for joining me today. The brand new Acorn Sisters Stamp Set and coordinating dies features the most adorable trio of girls all decked out for fall! Mix and match greetings make this another great set to use for multiple occasions!

Watch the creation of this stamped greeting on plastic window card from start to finish below or click HERE to watch in HD:

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September 21, 2017

To my friends and followers, thank you for sticking with me through this crazy busy month so far! It's been a lot of projects, a lot of time, and a lot of effort but it's also been very rewarding and fun and I love sharing this crazy awesome hobby with you all!

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The Greeting Farm has joined forces with Simon Says Stamp for STAMPtember with this adorable Pumpkin Spice It Up Stamp Set! I created a masked, stenciled and inked scene card with this fantastic new set.

Over the masked images I inked through the Tim Holtz Bricked Stencil to create a brick wall using Pumice Stone Distress Ink. Along the bottom edge of the scene I inked up the "sidewalk" with Hickory Smoke Distress Ink and used Copic Markers over the ink to create the detail of the sidewalk. Little tufts of grass were draw in a few places where the sidewalk meets the wall for interest.

Glossy Accents was applied to the glasses and heart and a white pen was used to add detail to the stamped and colored images.

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Watch the creation of this greeting farm scene card from start to finish below or click HERE to watch in HD:

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For my card, I stamped and masked images from the Creepy Cute Stamp Set (included in the kit) on smooth white cardstock. The moon from the stamp set was stamped with Versamark Ink and heat embossed with Glow-in-the-Dark Embossing Powder. Distress Oxide Inks in Faded Jeans, Wilted Violet, and Black Soot were applied over the masks and embossed images. The ink was buffed off the embossed moon and the background was spritzed with water from a Distress Sprayer. The masks were removed and the images were colored with Copic Markers.

Greetings from the Creepy Cute Stamp Set were stamped on Versamark Ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder.

The panel was die cut with the thin Simon Says Stamp Frames Die and discarded. Three black frames were die cut and then background and frames were adhered to a white top fold card base.

Watch the creation of this glow in the dark Halloween card and matching envelope from start to finish below or click HERE to watch in HD:

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September 12, 2017

Hello friends! Newton's Nook is joining in on the Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember fun with this limited edition Loads of Thanks Stamp Set! The adorable dog and wheelbarrow image can be mixed and matched with the other images in the set so that you can customize the wheelbarrow with different images! I love stamp sets that can be used this way. And how adorable are these critters?!!!! I'm sharing a little partial masking for these clean and simple cards to show how to create multiple cards quickly. Let's get started...

I stamped the dog and wheelbarrow image from Loads of Thanks on smooth white cardstock using Lawn Fawn Jet Black Ink. I created a mask for the top edge of the wheelbarrow and switched out the image for inside for the three cards I created here today.

Once the images were stamped, resulting in a design that appears to be a single image, I colored all three in with Copic Markers.

Greetings from the Load of Thanks Stamp Set were stamped underneath each image. I switched up the greetings from the stamp set, too, because I like an assortment of sentiments!

To "ground" the images so that they don't appear to be floating in outer space, I drew in a landscape "line" with Copic Markers and also added some grass. I die cut each panel with a Basic Rectangles Die and adhered it to a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" piece of kraft cardstock.

A trio of hearts from the Load of Thanks Stamp Set were stamped, colored in, and finished with a layer of Glossy Accents. A black glaze pen was used to add detail to the eyes and a white pen was used to add highlights to the images.

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Watch the creation of these partial masking cards from start to finish below or click HERE to watch in HD:

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NOTE: Some of you might be aware of the health battle Danielle’s father is facing currently. Simon Says Stamp is happy to donate all of the sales from these stamps and dies to a fund supporting him on his journey back to health. For more info, and if you’d like to help out a fellow crafter’s family, please visit this GoFundMe page.

This adorable set featuring a bear, mice, fall-themed images, and two adorable greetings perfect for creating some amazing cards! I stamped and masked the images before stenciling over them with a stencil and inking with Distress Oxide Inks to create a fall forest scene! It's easy to do and creates a dimensional-looking one-layer design. Let's get started:

The images from the Hello Pumpkin Stamp Set were stamped in three "layers" using the MISTI for perfect placement and masking each layer to build the scene on smooth white cardstock. Masking is a fantastic way to avoid that white line around die cut images and/or to create dimension without bulky layers.

I die cut the background with a Neat & Tangled Scalloped Die to give the edges a bit of interest. It adds a fantastic white border all the way around the design once it's adhered to the card base.

I removed the masks from the images and colored them in with Copic Markers. *I like to wait to color in my images just in case I mess up the background.

Finishing details were added to the images with black and white gel pens.

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Watch the creation of this stenciling over masked stamped images card from start to finish below or click HERE to watch in HD:

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August 31, 2017

Every once in awhile I think it's a fun challenge to create a card made entirely from die cuts (with the exception of a greeting) and with all the amazing dies available in Lawn Fawn's collection, I was able to create this spooky Halloween Scene card in a snap!

To watch the creation of this Halloween card made completely from die cuts from start to finish, click HERE or watch below:

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